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Paul Whitelaw @paulwhitelaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Here's something: Dennis Potter's rarely seen Play for Today from 1974, Schmoedipus, will be repeated on BBC Four on Wednesday 7th October at 10pm. It's their tribute to Tim Curry, who stars alongside Anna Cropper and Bob Hoskins. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

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BBC One - Play for Today, Series 4, Schmoedipus

A strange young man turns up on Elizabeth’s doorstep and makes a frightening claim.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Miracles were the original Jackass stunts. “Hi, I’m Jesus Christ and this is the walking on water challenge.”

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Have finally got around to framing this sketch of Douglas Adams by the legendary Rod Lord, used as the basis of a picture in one of the animated sequences in the 1981 TV series of The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. (I bought it from Rod last year, hence the 2025 date on the signature sticker.)

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Boo lettuce @lettuce.bsky.social · 03/07/2023

[library] hi do you have any books about when a guy is really mad at one specific whale

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HG2G Scrapbook @hg2g-scrapbook.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

16th April 2019 We Apologise for the Inconvenience Vinyl LP | 5064 Productions | @markauthor.bsky.social

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Mark Griffiths (@markauthor.bsky.social) on forgotten Frankie Goes To Hollywood Songs, BBC Records' Off Beat Sound Effects, Runaround, the Blackpool Doctor Who Exhibition, Five Minutes by Mainframe and, erm, The Bloke Who Pulled His Pants Down On Kilroy... timworthington.org/2017/11/12/l...

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Looks Unfamiliar: Mark Griffiths – It Was Definitely An Audience Member, If You’ll Pardon The Pun

Looks Unfamiliar with Mark Griffiths talking to Tim Worthington about Five Minutes by Mainframe, Disneyland by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Charles Hawtrey as a vampire on Runaround, BBC Records And …

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

That wah-wah pedal in the Yes, Minister theme creates an expectation of car chases and gun-toting pimps the show is in no position to deliver.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish been caught, and the last stream poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money. Except those chocolate coins you get at Christmas. They’re amazing.

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HG2G Scrapbook @hg2g-scrapbook.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

21st, 22nd & 25th November 2017 'We Apologise for the Inconvenience' The infinitely improbable one-act play by @markauthor.bsky.social debuts at the Renshaw Street Theatre in Liverpool (21st-22nd) and the Three Minute Theatre in Manchester (25th).

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Enjoyed Mary Beard’s ‘Talking Classics’ but disappointed to find not a single reference to The Robots of Death.

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Tom Jamieson @tomjam.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Hearing that Russell T Davies stepped aside so Andy Burnham could save Doctor Who

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Posing with the Gower Street Dalek. The Doctor Who anthology featuring my story “The Boy and the Dalek” is now available in paperback.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

A light sprinkling of Dalek urine in your garden will deter Cybermen from going through your bins at night.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

‪If Manchester were always this sunny Joy Division's songs would have been a lot more cheerful.‬

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Reservoir Dogs except instead of them all listening to K-Billy’s Super Sounds of the Seventies, it’s The Food Programme with Derek Cooper.

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Paul Kirkley @paulkirkley.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Science fiction story Man goes to a friend, reveals that he is in fact an alien (they have known each other for many years). He must now leave the Earth which is threatened with extinction, and offers to take his friend with him. (Notebook in Douglas Adams Collection, St John's College) #TowelDay

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...you should probably pop it back in the oven for a bit.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Great news. It’s one hell of a book.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

“LOVE YOUR ENEMY!” Revisiting Potter’s ‘Son of Man’ after our visit to the Forest of Dean and Colin Blakeley’s furious, subversive Christ is still breathtaking.

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I've just been made aware of the fact that The Singing Detective is still up in its entirety on iPlayer. One of the BBC's many best things ever. Put aside a few nights and be *astonished*. Available for a month. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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The Singing Detective - 1. Skin

Dennis Potter's classic drama serial with music about pulp thriller writer Philip Marlow, in hospital with psoriasis, tormented by his past and threatened by his future.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Out now in paperback! This collection features Doctor Who stories by me, Paul Magrs, Katy Manning, Janelle McCurdy and others. Run, slither or teleport to your local independent bookseller to order one today.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

‪I like to imagine Paul McCartney’s singing “In this ever changing world in which we’re living” in Live and Let Die instead of the actual grammatical car-crash he uses in the song. It gets me through the night.‬

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Fun At One - the story of comedy at BBC Radio 1. If you spent your evenings listening to Mark Radcliffe, Lee And Herring and Collins And Maconie's Hit Parade, this book is for you! Paperback (15% off code EARTHDAY15) or Kindle from here. timworthington.org/books/fun-at...

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Fun At One

Fun At One by Tim Worthington – the story of comedy at BBC Radio 1, from Kenny Everett to Chris Morris and beyond.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Today I’m visiting the Dennis Potter archive at the Dean Heritage Centre, seeing incredible handwritten manuscripts for works like The Singing Detective, Traitor, A Beast with Two Backs and Vote, Vote, Vote for Nigel Barton.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

‪What’s that double c in desiccate all about? ‬

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Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

What is the true destination of Speedbird Concorde One Nine Two?

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye. Hold the mayo. Wheat toast.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye. Hold the mayo. Wheat toast.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Was listening to Hit the North by the Fall and the fire alarm went off and I genuinely thought it was part of the song.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

It’s like a little holiday for the TV remote when you absentmindedly take it into the kitchen, isn’t it?

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Research/inspiration for my new play Hair of the Dog. See it at the Seven Oaks, Manchester 24-29 March. Tickets: www.fatsoma.com/p/room-5064-...

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

It’s like a little holiday for the TV remote when you absentmindedly take it into the kitchen, isn’t it?

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Research/inspiration for my new play Hair of the Dog. See it at the Seven Oaks, Manchester 24-29 March. Tickets: www.fatsoma.com/p/room-5064-...

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Jenny @bluebox99.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

A brand new play ‘Hair of the Dog’ written by @markauthor.bsky.social and produced by @garethothevworp.bsky.social and 5064 Productions is being staged at ‘Upstairs at the Oaks’ Manchester 24th March 2026 to 29th Match 2026. It stars Jonathon Carley @richardunwin.bsky.social and Adam Gardiner

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Richard Unwin @richardunwin.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Coming later this month from Room 5064 Productions - 'Hair of the Dog' - the new play from @markauthor.bsky.social. Featuring Jonathon Carley, Adam Gardiner, and myself. Opens on Tuesday 24th March at the Seven Oaks, Manchester. Tickets here: www.fatsoma.com/p/room-5064-productions

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Mr Men are really into brogues, aren’t they? Had the range published a year or two later they might all have been drawn wearing Adidas three stripes.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 30/03/2024

“For Ringo, press the star key.”

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

When Lana Del Rey sings about her boyfriend playing video games I like to imagine he’s playing Chuckie Egg on a Spectrum.

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Ian Greaves @greavesian.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

We lost Kenith Trodd last weekend, a brilliant producer and forward-thinking man who believed deeply in television and the British screen. He was ahead of his time in many ways. "A film is a film is a film." My tribute is now up on the BFI website: www.bfi.org.uk/news/kenith-...

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Kenith Trodd obituary: firebrand TV producer and Dennis Potter’s right-hand man

Trodd, who has died aged 90, was the bold and influential producer behind Dennis Potter’s greatest works, championing radical drama and shaping British television with a lifelong commitment to creativ...

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair! ‘K, thanks, bye.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

To improve prisoner health Texas jails now have vibrating electric chairs that tone your muscles as they kill you.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

This will be IMMENSE but it was worth buying just to see the look of bafflement on the face of the young guy serving in the charity shop.

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Someone told me to check my privilege and I panicked. Topped it up and now it's fine. Phew.

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I'm supporting #ReadItForward2026! If you buy LOKI: A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos during February, then @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social will donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social! Buy here - why not hoover up a few more books too! uk.bookshop.org/lists/read-i...

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Read It Forward with Bookshop.org

This February, we invite you to Read It Forward. 10% of all children's book sales through Bookshop.

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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

SIR THIS RE-PAIR FALLS OUT-SIDE YOUR WAR-RAN-TY AG-REE-MENT.

A van belonging to Edinburgh-based heating engineers DALEX.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Chewing gum is merely television for the mouth.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Very, very, very, very, very kind.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

🦆My play about Douglas Adams’s struggles to write So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is now available as a download from the good people at Payhip: payhip.com/b/YbmCy

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